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26FGS91503

East Rhidorroch SMF Native Woodland

Approved Forestry Grant Scheme

Where

Nearest town
Ullapool
Local authority
Highland Council
Conservancy
Highland and Islands Conservancy
Grid reference
NH250927

Official case map ↗ OpenStreetMap ↗

Key dates

  1. Application registered 23 February 2026
  2. Application accepted 23 February 2026
  3. Consultation opens 8 June 2026
  4. Consultation closes 6 June 2026
  5. Decision issued 14 August 2026

Official source

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26FGS91503

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First archived 8 July 2026 · last seen on the register 9 September 2026.

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Protected places

Sites of Special Scientific Interest nearby

Within 2 km

Proximity is measured from the application grid-reference point to the official SSSI boundary. It does not prove that the wider application or property overlaps the designation; check the official maps before relying on it.

Site Designation Proximity Published area Geographic scope

Rhidorroch Woods

Site 1347

Official SiteLink record for Rhidorroch Woods
Designation BIOLOGICAL Proximity Point is inside the SSSI Published area 740.26 ha Geographic scope TERRESTRIAL

Soils and forestry capability

At the application’s recorded location · NH 250 926

Source classifications from national 1:250,000 maps. Local conditions may vary.

National soil map of Scotland

Brown soils

Map unit 27

Brown earths with humus-iron podzols

Soil association
Arkaig
Parent material
Drifts derived from schists, gneisses, granulites and quartzites principally of the Moine Series
Landform
Hill and valley sides with steep and very steep slopes: moderately and very rocky
Soil mixture in this map unit

Estimated map-unit proportions; the individual soils are not mapped within it.

  • Aberscross · 50% Brown earths
  • Gordonbush · 50% Humus-iron podzols
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Land Capability for Forestry

F5 Limited flexibility for trees

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Sources, licence and limitations

National soil map of Scotland ↗

National soil map of Scotland copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 18 September 2024. Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1981). Soil maps of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen.

Land Capability for Forestry ↗

Land Capability for Forestry copyright and database right The James Hutton Institute 1988 (published map; last revision date not supplied). Used with the permission of The James Hutton Institute. All rights reserved. Any public sector information contained in these data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v.2.0.

Dataset citation

Soil Survey of Scotland Staff (1988). Land Capability for Forestry of Scotland at a scale of 1:250 000. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen.

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These records describe the mapped point, not the whole property. Forestry capability is background information and does not establish planting permission or grant eligibility.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.

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Ordered by straight-line distance between each record's representative map point.